Crawley, West Sussex

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 145 companies were registered in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 16.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    2012145118,868
    2011174114,512
    % change-16.7%3.8%
    Record Year 2011 (174) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous July.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2012554743
    New companies in 2011475770
    % change17.0%-17.5%-38.6%
    Record Year2012 (55)2011 (57)2011 (70)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 104 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 19.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    201210474,772
    201112972,230
    % change-19.4%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (160) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012323933
    Closed companies in 2011415335
    % change-22.0%-26.4%-6%
    Record Year2011 (41)2008 (70)2009 (62)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Crawley during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 41 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)CrawleyUK
    20124144,096
    20114542,282
    Record Year 2000 (73) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 201223810
    Net growth in 20116435
    Record Year2008 (40)2002 (24)2011 (35)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Crawley formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Crawley
    20120.1%
    20110.2%
    20100.1%
    20090.1%
    20080.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.6%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20120.1%0.1%0.1%
    UK formation share in 20110.1%0.1%0.2%
    % change5.1%-16.9%-39.2%
    Record Year1970 (0.8%)1961 (0.6%)1982 (0.7%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 39.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.6% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Crawley was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    20.6% of all director appointments in Crawley in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.97%CONSULTING5.05%
    CONSULTANCY1.25%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    MANAGEMENT1.16%CONSULTANCY3.28%
    GATWICK1.07%PROPERTY2.35%
    PARKING0.90%TRADING2.08%
    SUSSEX0.90%DESIGN1.87%
    M0.72%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    CRAWLEY0.72%ENGINEERING1.83%
    PARTNERS0.72%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    ENGINEERING0.72%BUSINESS1.72%
    SYSTEMS0.63%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    CONSULTANTS0.63%MEDIA1.67%
    INVESTMENTS0.63%LONDON1.67%
    TRADING0.63%J1.55%
    CLEANING0.63%GLOBAL1.53%
    PROPERTY0.63%INVESTMENTS1.46%
    SUPPORT0.63%IT1.43%
    AVIATION0.54%PROPERTIES1.34%
    ENERGY0.54%CARE1.32%
    GLOBAL0.54%M1.27%
    LONDON0.54%BUILDING1.22%
    ASSOCIATES0.54%ENTERPRISES1.20%
    BLUE0.45%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    BUSINESS0.45%S1.17%
    PROMOTIONS0.45%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied498331,455
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities3514,774
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified3033,677
    7487 - Other business activities2935,545
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management2519,425
    99999 - Dormant Company2425,035
    74990 - Non-trading company189,203
    70100 - Activities of head offices152,514
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply144,997
    62090 - Other information technology service activities137,869
    9999 - Dormant Company1312,598
    7414 - Business & management consultancy138,437
    9305 - Other service activities126,142
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified1213,716
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified109,891
    7260 - Other computer related activities104,979
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified92,823
    43210 - Electrical installation93,387
    62012 - Business and domestic software development84,584
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities84,119

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08164897 INDUCT (INTERNATIONAL) LTD 01 Aug 2012
    08171032 AVN FITNESS LTD 07 Aug 2012
    08173079 SPORT NORTH LIMITED 09 Aug 2012
    08178533 EPHESUS BBQ LIMITED 14 Aug 2012
    08181610 HAMILTON PLACE (WALTON) RESIDENTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY LTD 16 Aug 2012
    08181886 SPACESHIPMEDIA LTD. 16 Aug 2012
    08182588 RICHARD MASSIMO LIMITED 16 Aug 2012
    08183489 AMBITION CONSTRUCTION LTD 17 Aug 2012
    08183575 4PL CONSULTANCY LIMITED 17 Aug 2012
    08185975 ISUFI HEALTHCARE LIMITED 21 Aug 2012
    08187814 MONEY FLOW CAPITAL SERVICES LTD 22 Aug 2012
    08192404 JN AIR LTD 28 Aug 2012
    08192525 PROTOM LTD 28 Aug 2012
    08194507 AFFORDABLE PERFORMANCE LIMITED 29 Aug 2012
    08196702 AVIATION SAFETY MANAGEMENT LIMITED 30 Aug 2012
    08168101 THE OLD RECTORY GUEST HOUSE LIMITED 03 Aug 2012
    08169967 LAZMAT ENGINEERS LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08171802 GETAWAY PARKING LTD 08 Aug 2012
    08172541 ALNOOR CONSULTANTS LIMITED 08 Aug 2012
    08175773 S SERVICES LTD 10 Aug 2012
    08178650 P.RAFAEL PROMOTIONS LTD 14 Aug 2012
    08181892 GREENSLEEVES CARE HOME LIMITED 16 Aug 2012
    08184266 EASY GATWICK PARKING LIMITED 17 Aug 2012
    08184318 LANGLEY GREEN TYRES LTD 20 Aug 2012
    08184352 TRISCOPE LTD 20 Aug 2012